Kathleen Odell Korgenis Professor of Sociology at William Paterson University, a comprehensive university in Wayne, New Jersey. Kathleen enjoys teaching her students that sociology is a remarkably useful discipline and highlights how Sociologists in Action make a positive impact on society. Her published works on race relations and racial identity includeFrom Black to Biracial, Crossing the Racial Divide, Multiracial Americans and Social Class, Race Policy and Multiracial Americans. Her teaching texts, in addition to Sociology in Action, include Our Social World, The Engaged Sociologist, Sociologists in Action, , and Social Problems in Action. Kathleen is also the editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology. Kathleen works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the American Sociological Association Departmental Resources Group and received William Paterson Universitys award forExcellence in Scholarship/Creative Expression in 2006and the universitys award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014. Jonathan M. White, PhD, is director of the Bentley Service Learning Centerand associate professor of sociology at Bentley University in Massachusetts.His primary areas of specialization are inequality, poverty, globalization,human rights, and public sociology. Dr. White has received numerous teachingand humanitarian awards. He is the founding director of Sports forHunger, the Hunger Resource Center, and the Halloween for Hunger, We areSilent, and Pass-the-Fast campaigns. He serves on the board of directors forFree The Children, Peace Through Youth, Me to We, and the GraduationPledge Alliance. Dr. White has authored several articles in the fields ofinequality and globalization. His work on public sociology includes coediting(with Kathleen Korgen and Shelley White) Sociologists in Action:Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice (2014) and Sociologists inAction on Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (2015). He is also currently writing a book titled Hungry to Be Heard: Voices From a Malnourished America. Dr. White lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife, Shelley, and is the very proud uncle of his 13 nieces and nephews, Jarred, Kyle, Tyler, Arielle, Cameron, Brianna, Mikayla, Joshua, Jack, Logan, Tyler, Joey, and Brookelyn. Shelley K. White, PhD, MPH, is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Public Health at Worcester State University. She recently taught in the Sociology Department at Simmons College, where she also coordinated the Simmons World Challenge - an interdisciplinary, student-led learning program which creates actionable solutions to global social justice problems. Shelleys teaching and research focus on health and illness, globalization and development, inequalities, social movements and social justice. She previously worked in HIV/AIDS policy globally and domestically, and serves on the board of directors of Free the Children and SocMed. She is co-editor of Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice (with Kathleen Odell Korgen and Jonathan White), (2nd Edition, Sage 2013) and her recent publications appear in the Journal of Human Rights Practice; Education, Citizenship and Social Justice; Public Health Reports; and Critical Public Health.
